HIV SERVICES LOCATOR

HIV Testing Sites & Care Services Locator

The HIV Testing Sites & Care Services Locator is a first-of-its-kind, location-based search tool that allows you to search for testing services, housing providers, health centers and other service providers near your current location.

Adding Locator Widget to Site

HIV.gov has developed two different layouts for the HIV.gov locator widget. In order to allow users the flexibility to place this widget conveniently within their site, there is a horizontal version and a vertical version. Each widget functions identically, so there is no difference between the two other than aesthetics. Please reference the items below, including embed codes and specific descriptions of each widget and feel free to place on your site.

HIV.gov Locator Widget
Horizontal Layout

This locator widget is designed to fit in wider locations, approximately 340 pixels wide by 140 pixels high.

Instructions

A one-stop search tool for consumers looking for HIV/AIDS service providers.

The tool takes advantage of open data from HHS agencies such as CDC, SAMHSA and HRSA, along with other Federal departments like HUD, to allow searches across many service provider databases at one time. Results are displayed on a dynamic map, marking each service provider near the location you searched. You can view the provider's contact information, which services they provide, and get directions to the provider's location.

How it works

If you know the 5-digit ZIP code of the area where you are, you may get better results. If you don't, you can just use the nearest city and state, like Baltimore, MD, or San Diego, CA.

You can click on the markers on the map to get more information about each location.

You can also expand the list on the right-hand side of the screen to see the names of all the locations. Clicking a name will also provide more information.

To get directions to a service provider's location, you can enter the specific address for where you'd like to start from, and directions will be displayed.

API

The HIV Testing Sites & Care Services Locator is a first-of-its-kind, location-based search tool that allows you to search for testing services, housing providers, health centers and other service providers near your current location.

What is an API?

API stands for application programming interface, and is a way for data to be shared in a flexible and open way. This allows for many different uses of the data, by many different groups and individuals.

What data is available through this API?

All of the same location data that you can find through the Locator tool: service provider names, addresses, phone numbers, locations and so on, categorized by service type.

How do I access the API?

zip

lat & long

Perform a search using latitude and longitude coordinates. If lat, long and zip are provided, lat and long will be ignored.

services

A comma separated list of the types of services to search. The following are the currently available service types:

testing

housing

clinics

ryanwhite

mentalhealth

substanceabuse

familyplanning

distance

Adjust the search distance, in miles. Must be an integer between 1 and 50. Default distance is 5 miles.

format

Determines the format of the returned data. Currently available formats are:

json (default)

html

callback

If a callback parameter is included, the response will be sent using JSON-P.

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